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January 28, 2016 Earlier in the fall, we reported that four Rapa Nui leaders were arrested for trying to manage their sacred sites and preventing an illegal search of Rapa Nui Parliament offices. Since then, investigations were started against three more people, although no further arrests were made. Four of those under investigation are from the Riroroko family. Those who...

January 28, 2016 During President Barack Obama’s administration, we have seen two major developments in the advancement of indigenous rights. The first came in December, 2010, when the President announced the U.S. endorsement of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The second came in September, 2014, when the UN World Conference on Indigenous Peoples resulted in an...

January 28, 2016 The Commission on the Status of Women will hold it’s 60 th annual session (CSW60) in New York City on March 14-24, 2016. Composed of 45 member countries, the Commission is the global policy-making body for promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women. The Center, along with partners, submitted a joint written statement urging the Commission...

January 28, 2016 The Organization of American States (OAS) is a regional intergovernmental human rights organization of 35 member countries of the Americas including the United States. Since 1989, the OAS has worked to develop and negotiate with indigenous peoples a draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The American Declaration will be a regional human rights instrument...

February 22, 2012| Washington, D.C. — The 2013 Violence Against Women Act affirmed tribes' ability to exercise special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction (SDVCJ) over non-Indian defendants within Indian country for domestic or dating violence against Native women, and violations of protection orders. A congressional briefing, Violence Against Women and Implementation of VAWA 2013 Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction, scheduled on...

Armstrong Wiggins, director of the Center’s Washington, D.C. office and a Miskito Indian, says the escalating violence in Nicaragua must stop. He encourages the international community to join in solidarity with the Miskito people calling for an end to military attacks against indigenous leaders."President Daniel Ortega and the Sandinista National Liberation Front party should stop playing politics with the collective...

Washington, D.C. — More than 100 people accepted the invitation to attend a congressional briefing, Violence Against Women and Implementation of VAWA 2013 Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction held February 23, 2016 in Washington, D.C."VAWA was a major step but it was just the beginning to restoring to Indian tribes - sovereign nations - the authority to protect women," said...

By Nicole Iaci | Intern, Indian Law Resource CenterOn Thursday, February 25, 2016, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs held a roundtable discussion: “The Tribal Law and Order Act 5 Years Later: Next Steps to Improving Justice Systems in Indian Communities.”Signed into law by President Obama on July 29, 2010, the purposes of the Tribal Law and Order Act (TLOA)...

Feb. 23 2016 By Kanya D'Almeida, Race and Justice Reporter, RH Reality Check Tribal leaders and advocates gathered in Washington, D.C., Tuesday to brief Congress on implementation of a provision in the 2013 Violence Against Women Act, which affirmed tribes’ ability to exercise special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction over non-Natives who commit domestic assault, or engage in dating violence, on...